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    Possible Parasite, Illness?

    So my ball python has a violent BM, by violent I mean he was thudding around and lifting his hide off the ground a couple times, and making a very very loud noise which I don't know how to describe.

    Anyway, the result was this:

    This does not look normal at all. This was a few days after his last f/t rat. Was there possibly something in the rat?

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    Yeah, I would take a fresh sample of whatever he produces next time in to a vet, and have it checked. (It may have nothing to do with his last rat, it could have been anything before that, too).
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    The last rat he ate was in the refrigerator for 2 days before he ate it. I put it in there to thaw, and didn't feed him that night, and fed him the next time. Is it possible it went bad during that time? I smelled it before giving it to him and it smelled like they always do.

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    If it was in the fridge then I doubt that it went bad.
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    That would definitely send up some red flags. but like aaron said if it was in the fridge is shouldnt be a bad rat and do what donna suggests. I might even call a vet tomorrow if it was me and ask a question about some strange looking poop.
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